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Labor has claimed the final unresolved seat in the federal election, leaving the Government with the barest of majorities in the lower house. The LNP is still considering if it will challenge the result in Herbert, but if it stands it will give much more power to Government backbenchers unhappy ...

Australia's most senior legal officer, George Brandis, is acting as a scrutineer in the last undecided seat in the federal election, Herbert in Queensland, where the Coalition is increasingly confident of a win....

Re-elected northern Queensland federal MP Bob Katter says he has a list of demands to put to the major parties in the face of a hung parliament. Mr Katter also says he will "spit upon" any offer to become Speaker....

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is making his pitch to voters in North Queensland today, promising to invest $1 billion over 10 years to protect one of Australia's most treasured landmarks the Great Barrier Reef....

The Federal Opposition is targeting rising unemployment in the Townsville-based seat of Herbert as part of its campaign to win seven seats from the Liberal National Party in the election battleground state of Queensland....

The Australian Electoral Commission refers a complaint about federal MP George Christensen to the Australian Federal Police. The Member for Dawson had promised to donate to a turtle rescue centre if re-elected....